Vienna Airport Winter Operations
H.Puempel ACG Sept 2005
Maintaining Operability in Winter Conditions
Vienna Airport Winter Operations
H.Puempel ACG Sept 2005
„WINTER Operations at Vienna International Airport
• Consider Surface and Volume of snow
• Thickness of Ice Accretion, Snow Depth
• Quality of available Chemicals
• Operational Consequences of snow/ice removal
• Available Ressources
• Ways of Capacity building
Vienna Airport Winter Operations
H.Puempel ACG Sept 2005
Welche Dimensionen und Anforderungen beinhaltet der „Winterdienst“ am VIE ?
zu bearbeitende Flächen:
• Pistensysteme 1.282.600 m² (neu 3. PI + RW 892.000 m²) (Schultern 727.000 m²)
• Vorfelder, Zurollwege 652.000 m2
• Vorfeld AUA 72.100 m2
• Vorfelderweiterungen 300.000 m2
dies entspricht ca. 330 km einer 2-spurigen Autobahnseite
Vienna Airport Winter Operations
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What Requirements are we talking about in Winter Operations „Winterdienst“ at VIE ?
Runways : 64.000 m3 (displaced)
Snow Quantities at 5 cm snow
Parking / manoevring areas: 51.205 m3
transported by truck
Compression of snow during loading / handling to about ¼ volume: 700 truck loads remain!
Vienna Airport Winter Operations
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Qunatities and Requirements
Ressource Planning
Vienna Airport Winter Operations
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How to gauge the effort required
Paretto – Regel 20 : 80
50 100
Ressources
% Success
50
100
Exceptional winter
normaler winter
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Analysis of individual events
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
2000/2001 2003/2004 2004/2005
6 Ereignisse83,3 % bis 5 cm16,7 % über 5 cm
27 Ereignisse77,8 % bis 5 cm22,2 % über 5 cm
17 Ereignisse82,4 % bis 5 cm17,6 % über 5 cm
Vienna Airport Winter Operations
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Test of De-icing liquids in climate chamber
Icing protection with liquid agents (2 ° inclination, Temp.: - 5 °C)
0
2,5
5
7,5
10
12,5
15
17,5
20
22,5
25
27,5
Produkt A Produkt B Produkt C Produkt D
1 inch
flächig
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Melting Capacity
(Temp.: - 5 °C Applied liquid: 30 g / m2)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Produkt A Produkt B Produkt C Produkt A
15 Min.
45 Min.
g melted ice / ml de-icing fl
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Ressources used
Use of melting agent
-
1.000.000
2.000.000
3.000.000
4.000.000
5.000.000
2000 / 2001 2001 / 2002 2002 / 2003 2003 / 2004 2004 /2005
Enteisungsmittel flüssig Enteisungsmittel fest
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Ressources cont.,
S NOW
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Total Snow accumulation per season
0
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
200
225
250
68/6
9
70/7
1
72/7
3
74/7
5
76/7
7
78/7
9
80/8
1
82/8
3
84/8
5
86/8
7
88/8
9
90/9
1
92/9
3
94/9
5
96/9
7
98/9
9
00/0
1
02/0
3
04/0
5
cm
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Staff
166 Staff VIE
11 Staff VIAS
+ 30 Transport Staff
207 Total
Flughafendienste / SR – Winterdienst / Saison 2004 / 2005 vie
WIDI – Steering-Team Mai 2005
Role of meteorological InformationRole of meteorological Information
Special snowfall forecasts every 6 hoursSpecial snowfall forecasts every 6 hours Forecasts of Winds (snow drifts)Forecasts of Winds (snow drifts) Forecast of temperaturesForecast of temperatures Used for staf planningUsed for staf planning (In case of snowfall forecast moderate (In case of snowfall forecast moderate
or more, extra shift called on duty)or more, extra shift called on duty) Cost of false alert very high!Cost of false alert very high! Cost of missed event even worseCost of missed event even worse
Flughafendienste / SR – Winterdienst / Saison 2004 / 2005 vie
WIDI – Steering-Team Mai 2005
Other specialized forecastsOther specialized forecasts
Lightning activity (Warning, shut Lightning activity (Warning, shut down)down)
Winds for capacity planning under Winds for capacity planning under environmental constraintsenvironmental constraints